Gate Piers with Eagles and Attached Walls 15 Metres West of Mapperton House is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1984. A C18 Gate piers.

Gate Piers with Eagles and Attached Walls 15 Metres West of Mapperton House

WRENN ID
vacant-pilaster-curlew
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 July 1984
Type
Gate piers
OS grid reference
SY 503 996
Coordinates
50.79448, -2.70609
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These are two gate piers dating from the 18th century, located 15 metres west of Mapperton House. They are made of ashlar stone and feature semi-circular niches on the west side, which have round shell-heads and pendant bosses. Each gate pier is topped with a lead eagle. There are low ashlar walls to the north and south, which are complemented by 19th-century spear-headed twisted iron railings.

Local climate

Gate Piers with Eagles and Attached Walls 15 Metres West of Mapperton House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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